There is something about arriving at Son Blanc Farmhouse, when you first set foot on the road leading to the central building, that slows the heart rate—that makes it feel as if time has stopped. This, according to the owners of the resort, which is located between the towns of Alaior and Es Migjorn Gran, rings true for the entire island of Menorca, which was classified as a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1993.
“Growing up in Menorca is to grow up in a kind of bubble, where you are not aware of the place you inhabit,” says Benedicta Linares Pierce, who is the daughter of an English real estate agent and a Menorcan farmer. “You are in a paradise and, every morning, when you open the windows, you find it normal. In my case, it wasn’t until I went to university at the age of 17 that I began to appreciate it.”
For her husband, on the other hand, visiting Menorca was a case of love at first sight. He first discovered it in the summer of 1998, the same year he met his current wife during their Erasmus in the city of Tilburg, Holland. “She showed me Menorca and, of course, I fell in love with it,” admits Benoît Pellegrini, who was born in Baden Baden in Germany. “And not just because of the sea, but because of the architecture, the history, the environment, and the people who live there.”
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